Kristen Balyeat

Joined January 2023

173 stories

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Words fly to me on the wind, bump into me as I'm strolling the city, splash me in the face while I rest by the river, and shake me awake in the middle of the night—I’m humbly one of the vessels they use to come to life.

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s t i l l
cocooned, i greet the gelid wind—there—met by light i'm shedding layers
By Kristen Balyeat2 days ago in Poets
l u m e n
earth elements pray in tongues of fire—rituals of shared remembrance
By Kristen Balyeat2 days ago in Poets
s o l s t i c e
dark’s cold grip tightens dormancy feels eternal then the light returns
By Kristen Balyeat2 days ago in Poets
j a n u a r y
winter signals—smoke scrolled through muted silver—come, tend the fire within
By Kristen Balyeat3 days ago in Poets
r e w i l d i n g . Top Story - November 2025.
i am d e e p in the f i r n neither {f l u i d} nor {f o r m} awaiting the s u n * by the l i g h t i f l o w
By Kristen Balyeat2 months ago in Poets
c a e s u r a
the turning n i g h t drifted quietly r o l l i n g on billows of iron air r a p t u r i n g autumn in a glaze of
By Kristen Balyeat2 months ago in Poets
w a k e
i’ve gripped what the ocean conceals pulled by the spiral of the void flailed and fought struggled for naught surrendered ‘til shadow
By Kristen Balyeat2 months ago in Poets
m a n a {m o o n}
moonlit silence sterling currents whispering ripples of majestic light resonating the dance of creation’s play across the backdrop
By Kristen Balyeat3 months ago in Poets
s t a t i c
paralyzed echoes ring through gray matter. here. not. trapped in the spectral
By Kristen Balyeat3 months ago in Poets
n o c t i s . Runner-Up in Lantern Light Challenge. Top Story - October 2025.
fumbling through darkness calloused grappling threads of karmic weaves pulling shreds to find dead ends circling loops
By Kristen Balyeat3 months ago in Poets
p a t i e n c e
transformation is not instant—awareness is a slow unfolding
By Kristen Balyeat4 months ago in Poets
b e c o m i n g
when the wind is fierce the leaves that hold turn gold—your alchemy is near
By Kristen Balyeat4 months ago in Poets